I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 82

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“Oh my goodness….”

The situation inside was even more serious.

Rosetta covered her mouth in shock at the agonizing groans coming from everywhere.

Three doctors were moving busily, but it looked nowhere near enough.

“Holy Maiden!”

Just then, Monica and Victoria came running with the priests.

I immediately gave orders.

“Monica and the priests, please check on the critically injured patients first. Have the Holy Knights and attendants handle the patients who can be treated with potions.”

“Yes!”

Those who received orders scattered in perfect coordination.

I’m glad I brought plenty of potions just in case.

“Thank you, thank you, Holy Maiden….”

Rosetta shed tears and bowed repeatedly at the golden divine power spreading softly throughout the area.

Rickasa was also biting his lips tightly.

“I’ll accept your thanks later. For now, we’re short-handed, so please call the maids and servants too. They should be able to handle potion treatments well enough.”

“B-but we don’t have potions….”

Rosetta’s face turned red.

She seemed angry and frustrated at the reality that she couldn’t participate in treatment due to lack of potions.

What’s the problem with that.

“The potions are right here.”

I suddenly held out the spatial pouch I was carrying.

It was filled with Sun God brand potions.

“T-these precious things….”

“They’re not free. I’m going to charge for all of them.”

There’s no such thing as free in this world. Especially since our potion making team ground away their lifespans to make these.

But instead of being bewildered by these words, Rosetta burst into laughter with a tear-filled face.

“Yes, yes! Of course! We’ll pay for everything! We’ll buy them all!”

Why is she happy when I said they’re not free and I’m selling them?

“I’ll call people right away. Thank you!”

Rosetta wiped her tears and left energetically.

I turned my head toward Rickasa who was beside me.

He was staring at the infirmary where treatment was unfolding without even blinking.

I could sense a lot from his gaze and firmly hardened face.

“Everyone will be fine soon. Don’t worry.”

“…What should I do?”

It was a question overflowing with his will to do anything.

What I want from him right now is one thing.

“Please explain everything that happened in this battle with the monsters.”

Whether the monsters’ sudden rampage was similar to the original story.

Whether it was less severe, or much more serious.

I had to find that out first.

* * *

Looking at the situation, it seemed there was no need for me to participate in treatment, so we decided to talk outside the quiet infirmary.

Seth, whose abilities were focused on attack power and had almost no healing ability, was also with us.

“My wife left for the Western Region right after this regular expedition ended.”

Rickasa slowly began his story.

The estates in the Southern Region usually set dates and take turns going on expeditions to the desert.

This time it was the Fleu Family’s turn, and they left with solid preparations after the previous team warned them to be careful as the number of monsters had increased more than usual.

“But there were even more than expected, and sensing that the situation was unusual, my wife immediately left for the Western Region.”

“Quick judgment.”

“My wife is also from the Southern Region, so she quickly realized this wasn’t an ordinary matter.”

Moreover, because she had been showing deep interest in the Sun God potions that the Lumen Trading Guild was selling, she was able to move even faster.

“But not long after my wife left, we received contact from the Protector Clan. They said the monsters had suddenly doubled in number.”

The Protector Clan of the Southern Region.

If there was the House of Sieri in the west, then in the south there was the Cali Ducal House.

Everyone praised the Cali Ducal House as the Protector Clan for protecting the Empire by defeating the desert monsters.

“At the command for all available forces to come immediately, I led the knight order and went….”

Rickasa squeezed his eyes shut.

Pain, anger, fear, and dread appeared on his face.

“…It was the first time. I’ve been subjugating monsters since I was fifteen, but seeing such a sight was the first time in 20 years.”

“….”

“The sight of the vast desert sand, which I thought would never be filled no matter what happened, dyed pitch black… I’ll probably never forget it for the rest of my life.”

Even though it was an army assembled by the Protector Clan’s command, it was difficult to handle.

“If Duke Cali hadn’t taken the front lines, we might have been completely annihilated.”

Duke Cali is one of the top three in the Empire for military prowess, along with Rute.

If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t have had the chance to talk with Rickasa.

“It is serious indeed.”

Still, it wasn’t at a desperate level. Anyway, seeing that both Rickasa and the knight order were alive, it seemed less severe than the original story.

Though it’s not good enough to be happy about.

Monsters enough to fill that vast desert. That’s something that happens around the middle of the original story….

Why are they rampaging already? What’s the reason?

Since I don’t know the reason, I can’t come up with countermeasures either.

Anyway, since the flow of events seems to be accelerating faster than expected, I should also quickly build up my strength.

“I heard that Crown Prince is in the Southern Region, is this also connected to that matter?”

Then Seth, who had been quietly listening, asked Rickasa.

“That’s correct. Duke Cali reported to the Imperial Palace, and Crown Prince personally came out as an investigator.”

“Even though it could be dangerous, for His Highness to step forward personally. How admirable.”

“He’s an excellent person. He’ll become a good ruler.”

Rickasa nodded. For subordinates, there’s nothing better than having an excellent superior.

“Holy Maiden!”

Just then Monica came running out of the infirmary. The moment I hardened my face at her ominous cry, she shouted.

“One patient’s condition suddenly became critical! He looks like he’s about to die right now, but with our power we absolutely cannot…!”

Surely when I checked just a moment ago, there were no patients in such critical condition?

I immediately ran past Monica into the infirmary.

At the very back, doctors and priests were tangled together, crying out urgently.

I headed straight there.

“Be careful not to let blood block the airway!”

“Press down on the limbs more firmly!”

“The bleeding won’t stop!”

“Pulse keeps dropping!”

The patient lying among the people crying out urgently was clearly in serious condition at first glance.

The bandages wrapped around his entire body were dyed bright red, and blood continuously flowed from his mouth.

The most serious were the wounds on his upper body.

The bandages wrapped around his side and left shoulder were so soaked that blood was dripping.

At the extremely shocking sight, I froze stiff.

To be precise, it wasn’t because of the wounds.

What was more serious than that was….

“Captain!”

At that moment, Rickasa’s cry snapped me back to my senses.

This injured person seemed to be the Captain of the Fleu House Knights.

“When he was first injured, it certainly wasn’t this serious. But as time passed, the wound kept getting worse, and eventually it became like this….”

Rickasa couldn’t continue speaking and clenched his teeth.

Then the novice priestess treating him spoke urgently.

“This is a wound inflicted by a high-grade demon. The demon’s poison is burrowing into the wound and making it worse.”

High-grade demon.

I immediately asked Rickasa.

“Were there many high-grade demons?”

“About three….”

“Were there any supreme-grade ones?”

“No, there weren’t.”

That’s a relief. Well, if there had been supreme-grade ones, Rickasa wouldn’t be here either.

“Move aside.”

I grabbed the doctor who was holding down the convulsing patient’s arm and pulled him back.

“Holy Maiden!”

The doctor who was forcibly pushed aside was about to voice his complaint when he heard the novice priestess’s exclamation and closed his mouth.

“All the divine power is being consumed to purify the demon’s poison, so we can’t perform the actual treatment that’s needed.”

“The patient has also weakened to the point where he can’t hold on much longer. We need to find a solution immediately or….”

I nodded at the two novice priestesses’ explanation.

“I’ll purify the demon’s poison first. Treat the wound immediately once the purification is complete.”

“Yes!”

At my command, the novice priestesses responded loudly without any objections.

Rickasa expressed admiration at their well-coordinated appearance.

That’s not it. They’re just people who have experienced my tyranny.

“I’m starting.”

I immediately placed my hand on the wound.

At that moment, an unexpected System Message appeared.

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